Johnson Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109850
MRDS ID M800227
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Mine
Related records 10234654

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.70242, 34.18033 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YARNELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 004W 29 SE OF NW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TWO ADITS LOCATED ON THE HILLSIDE WEST OF WEAVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericite Along Vein Walls

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.70242, 34.18033

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metamorphic Rocks Trends N 10 E To N 25 E; Granitic Rocks Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Mafic Dikes Which Trend Northeast And Dip At Low Angles, Usually Less Than 40 Degree

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 29 NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 161.54M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS. VEIN LOCALIZED ALONG SHALLOWLY - DIPPING ANDESITE AND DIORITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1936
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Johnson Gold Mines, Inc
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Smith (1950'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.07HA
    Length 457.2M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 200 FT LONG TUNNEL, 2 INCLINED SHAFTS 200 FT APART AND 50 FT DEEP. MAIN ADIT 470 FT LONG. MAIN INCLINED SHAFT 530 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • JOHNSON MINE LOCATED ON COMODORE AND HOMESTAKE PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 6991, P. 29-33

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA LISTS STRIKE OF VEIN AS N 35 W, 45 W. DISCREPANCY NOT RESOLVED. BASIC DIKE PARALLELS VEIN AND IS ORE IN PLACES. VEIN AVERAGES 1.5 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.